ABSTRACT

The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley’s Three Dialogues is an engaging introduction to the last of a trio of works that cemented Berkeley’s position as one of the truly great philosophers of the western canon. Berkeley’s distinctive idealist philosophy has been a challenge and inspiration for thinkers ever since.  

Written for readers approaching this seminal work for the first time, this book:   

  • provides the philosophical context in which Three Dialogues was written;
  • critically discusses the arguments in each of the Three Dialogues; and
  • examines some of the principal disputes concerning the interpretation of his work.

The Routledge Guidebook to Berkeley’s Three Dialogues offers a clear and comprehensive guide to this ground-breaking volume and includes further reading sections at the end of each chapter. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this influential work.

chapter 2|17 pages

The sceptical challenge

chapter 3|30 pages

The nature of the sensible I

chapter 4|31 pages

The nature of the sensible II

chapter 5|14 pages

The existence and activity of God

chapter 6|16 pages

The rejection of theistic materialism

chapter 7|19 pages

A world in flux?

chapter 8|16 pages

Mind and morality